RAIN

RAIN

It has been grey and overcast

Throughout this entire day.

And rain has fallen 

In the nicest possible way.

There was no wind to drive and blow

And make the day feel bad.

Just a lovely quiet and gentle rain

The kind I am sure you’ve had.

There are puddles everywhere

And I know for certain

These rain drops were falling for me

Like a silver bead curtain.

I looked at the drops on the petals fair

Of the roses in wintertime bloom.

I knew their beauty would soon pass

Like the shadows from the moon.

I looked at the soft green blades of grass

On the lawn just recently mown.

And I saw the flowers now in bloom

From the seeds that I had sown.

I smelled the rich earth and I saw

The promise of Nature’s hand

I saw it all in my garden today

And  for me it was truly grand.

Rain on the leaves of the gum trees,

Rain on the Norfolk Island Pine.

I looked at these and was thankful

That this beauty here was mine.

© Linda J. Vaughan

adapted May 2011